places for Seattle sheet music?

[kathott]

Hello all,
Can anyone recommend the good music shops on Seattle?
I will be looking for scores, chamber music and brass music.
Thank you,
Kathott

[chhite]

JW Pepper's store in Kent, which is just southeast of Seattle, might have what you're looking for.

http://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/reg ... sp?loc=TAC

[kathott]

Any more? Seattle's a pretty musical city.....
There used to be a place called Johnson-West(?)

[Donn]

Someone who likes to read music might have better information, but I believe Johnson-West has been gone for a decade or so. Capitol Music is still clinging to life, currently in a small store in the University District, with a collection that would have been nothing special in any typical music store 20 years ago. This has something to do with the web - which you can also search to find out more answers to your questions. For example, Ted Brown was a big music store in downtown Tacoma in the '80s, with a large upper floor stocked with tons of sheet music, and today I see them listed as representing JW Pepper in some capacity. They aren't downtown any more, and I doubt very much they'd still have those tons of sheet music, but I don't get down there very often. If you're interested, call them and get the JW Pepper story - Kent is far enough from Tacoma that it's worth checking.

Most online conversations I see on this matter seem to regard Vancouver BC as a potentially better location for sheet music retailers. I have no idea. That could be people who haven't been there recently, remembering how it was a few years ago.

[chhite]

Ted Brown's main store is now located near the Tacoma Mall and they have a limited selection of music. Most of it is school-oriented with method books and solo/ensemble contest lit. There are a few more satellite locations but I'm not sure what they normally stock.

[Mark]

I don't think there are any well-stocked music stores in the Seattle area anymore. Years ago, it was actually worth the drive to Portland just to visit Sheet Music Service. They are gone too: http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/i ... rvice.html.